October 7, 2014 Academic Council Agenda

Academic Council
October 7, 2014, 10-30-11:45AM
Tyler Haynes 305

Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

                                            Agenda

1.    Approval of Minutes of AC Meeting September 16, 2014

2.    Spring Scheduling
               
3.    Course Proposals

      A.  Proposals for Course Revisions

            Title Changes:

            RUSN 401 - Topics in Advanced Russian I (old title – “Advanced Russian”)
            RUSN 402 -Topics in Advanced Russian II (old title – “Advanced Russian”)
            RELG 244 - Sex and Family in the Greek and Roman Worlds (old title – “Women in 
                                   Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”)
            FREN 320 -The Individual in Society (old title "Literature in Context")
            FREN325 - The Origins of France (old title "Medieval and Early Modern Society")
            CHIN 401 - Topics in Advanced Chinese (old title "Advanced Chinese I")
            CHIN 402 - Topics in Advanced Chinese (old title "Advanced Chinese II")

            Reactivated Courses

            RUSN 101-102
            RUSN 201-202

            Deactivated Courses

            RUSN 121-221

           New Course Numbers

           FREN 415 replaces FREN 481
           FREN 420 replaces FREN 411
           FREN 422 replaces FREN 431
           FREN 423 replaces FREN 441
           FREN 424 replaces FREN 451
           FREN 462 replaces FREN 487

       B.  Proposals for New Courses

            ARAB 315 - Grammar through texts (Topics)
            CHIN 315  - Myths and Parables in Chinese Literature and Film
            FREN 414  - Advanced French Grammar and Culture Studies 
            GEOG 280 - Selected Topics
            ITAL 425   - Love and Family all'italiana
            MUS 304   - Music Entrepreneurship 
            PSYC 337  - Human Cognition   
            RUSN 305 - The Russian Case: (Topics)     
            RUSN 315 - Verbs for Life (Topics)

      
      C.  Changes to Majors:

            Chinese Studies -- Yvonne Howell

      D.  General Approvals

            1)  COM2 - Approval of COM2 alternate course list - Kristen Ball

            2)  Approval of Visiting Away Program - Dan Palazzolo

            For approval guidelines:  Highlight and right click on link below, go to "open link":
            
            http://registrar.richmond.edu/registration/programs/visiting-away/guidelines.html
4.    Presentation of Dean’s office Analysis of Annual Merit Reviews
5.    Discussion of Annual Merit Reviews

Continuing Agenda Items:
 
•Travel Budgets—Attached please find the report from the Ad Hoc Travel Budget Committee from 2006 for reflection as we continue discussion.
•Restricted funds and Advancement—we will engage Advancement leaders to attend AC meeting in early 2015.
•Draft Proposal for an Academic Planning Group—this will be a preliminary draft to solicit reaction and develop options for more robust Academic Council oversight of curricular development.
 


Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 21, 2014,  from 10:30-11:45 a.m. in THC 305.  A major portion of this meeting will be devoted to the department chairs' discussion of the calibration of merit scores.